This semester is going to go by fast especially with the IEP classes (only 8 weeks of classes).

I have no routine yet, just running around trying to keep my head screwed on. I now spend so much time at ULL. I havent spent this much time since I was taking Dr Anderson’s Beowulf course.
My students seem to be nice. Though I know they are trying to weasel out of assignments. Its funny the difference between Community College and University. I havent taught at the University in a year and its striking.

University Students, for the most part, realize this is different than high school. I didnt get that from the CC students. I was also teaching 90 and 92, so maybe that is part of it. Another nice difference is the age of the students. Though I was able to teach a few older students at CC. Most especially the New Iberia classes were in their late teen years. It is refreshing to have students answering questions like adults instead of only repeating what others have said.

360 will be interesting. The book we are using is Everything is an Argument. We “debated” last night the idea of who brings meaning to a TEXT – written, spoken, or visual. Is it the author or the audience? They actually defended their beliefs and understood what I was saying (within reason). Actually nice to allow the class to teach itself.
Ill try to post more later.

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I am going to be teaching a lot this semester, but what’s that I hear? You want to know how last semester went.

Well . . .

The session went well. I didnt push as hard as I should have, but with one student, its hard to punish if the student didnt do the work on time or at all. A lot of changing the lessons to match the student’s needs.

I am teaching for both the IEP (Intensive English Program) and the English Department at UL. It will be interesting. Here is my schedule:

I will be making serious changes in the next few months as time permits to the website.

Things I am working on:

redesign of Happypoet and Boards (maybe Little Black Book and Full Disclosure)
update WP and PHPBB (maybe get rid of PHPBB if I can get BBpress to do what I want.)
fix the integration
create the community site(I have been talking about)
Fix Ramke’s Corner

So if things dont work one day, then try again later.

wilbur

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I am finishing my MA this semester.
Next Thursday at 2:00pm, I will be taking my oral defense. As you remember, I dropped the thesis part to finish since everything that happened with the Hurricane. This means that I have no idea what they are really going to ask me. It could go anywhere. I am preparing for it as best I can.

watch the type word words useless words foreign languages slang code nothing to signify the end holds her breath stop the words and he dies start the end and silence will reign
i want my dancing images to pass the time, dojnt want to see the words play across white screen give me images and sound clips and moving pictures of man raping a woman in a dusty bar, black man beaten by cops, black burning corspe legs curling backwards, flowing faucet blood out of rotten governor head, these are the images to make me forget words because words become useless when a society accepts these when fiction becomes fact no need for special effects truth becomes the greater fiction soon gameshow contestants will kill for money, they already lie, and people call me moraless because I dont believe in a god, can a god allow this would a god allow this, i would hope there is no god than one blind or insane or sadistic enough to allow humans their pleasures, is it ok for a man to fantasize about having sex with girls, should he be lock away, whose authority why not lock up everyone who has thought about killing or maiming or even just slapping another when does it end should it end are we still evolving are have we started regressing we worry about unborn children yet watch are fellow humans starve because food needs to rot in grain silos for farmers to become rich rich who needs riches that has a good name, written on a baptist church which asks for donations every sermon why doesnt god provide for itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s followers